Game device



M. M. KAUFMANN AND1. P. LYNN.

GAME DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. Il. |920. 1,860,299. l Patented Nov. 30,1920..

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M. M, KAUFMANN AND J. P. LYNN.

GAME DEVICE.

APPLmATloN FILED mm1, 1920.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

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MIGHAEL M. KAUFMANN AND TOI-IN` P. LYNN, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GAME DEVICE.

Specification 0f Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

Application filed February 11, 1920. Serial No. 358,002.

To all 'whom t may concer/1t.' y

Be it known that We, Mroiiaiii. lfiQ 'Kaur- MANN and Jol-IN l?. LYNN, residing at Chicago, in the county. of (look and State ot Illinois. have invented certain new and use- `ttul Improvements in Game Devices, and

they do hereby declare the following to be a tull, clear, and exact description ol the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malte and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in gaine devices, and has i'or its particular object to provide a device of this character adapted to the playing of imaginary indoor baseball, although Ait may be modified. to adapt it to simulate other athletic sports or games tor the purpose oit indoor' amusement in cold weather.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, compactA device of the character aforesaid, adapted to the particular purn poses mentioned. c

In the accompanying drawings illustrat ing a suitable embodiment of the invention:

Figure -1- is a top plan view ot a casing or a housing equipped with operating parts, and record-keeping means adapted to the purposes of the invention.

Fig. -2- is a side elevation ot' the same partiallybroken away to expose to view a. part of the interior mechanism. v j j Fig. -3- is a central vertical section of' the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. new.

Fig. -1l is a transverse section on the line 4l--4 of Fig. -3-, one of the parts Abeing shown in elevation.

Our said device comprises a cylindrical housing l which is open atits lower end, and is provided with a head 2 at its upper end and with a removable cover 2a, the upper wall of the casing being flat. Preferably this housing is molded of a suitable material and is provided internally with two diametrically opposed projections 3 and 4, the inner opposed faces of which are parallel with each other.` In each of said projections a set screw 5 is mounted in opposite axially alined threaded openings extending from `the outer or circumferential wall of the housing through said projections 3 and Il,

the innerends of said set screws beine coni;- cal and adapted to engage in the entral openings in short sleeves 6 mounted in op posite ends of the central opening 7 of a cylinder 8 which is thus rotatable on the inner ends ot said screws 5 as bearings. The opposite ends oit' the cylinder 8 oppose the respective opposed walls of the projeci tions 3 andfl of the housing. H i

In the projection 3 there is also provided an opening 9 which is parallel with. the opening or bore for the set screw 5 thereof. and in the outer end of said opening 9 there is threaded a set screw l() which bears upon one end of a light helical compression spring 11, which at its other end bears ona small sphere l2 which constitutes a spring` dog adapted to engage in a circular series oli concave recesses 13 in the end of the cylin.-

der 8 opposing said projection 3. At its other end said cylinder is provided with an annular lmurled flange lll by means of which it may be rotated in a well-known ianner. The cylinder is preferably made of a solid mass oit relatively heavy material so that when, itis rotated it will attain-and maintain considerable momentum to overcome the resistance to rotation thereof otfered by the spring dog. l j

In the head 2 of the cylinder there is provided a longitudinal slot through which the uppermost portion ot thelcylinder projects slightly, `said slot being `increased in width to receive the flange 14 of the cylinder, the latter projecting farther above the surface of the head 2 than the body of said cylinder. The width of the slot is such as to expose several rows of printed legends mounted on the cylinder, and which is shown in Figs. -2 and --5---,` and in part in Fig. ml. The printed legends on the cylinder are dis posed in horizontal rows and the recesses in the end of the cylinder in which the spring dog engages must correspond in number and location with the rows of legends on the cylinder so that the latter will, when the cylinder stops, become disposed in register with printed legends bordering the slot in the cylinder head and in connection with which they are adapted to be read.

In the upper surface of the head Q of the cylinder, and contiguous to its periphery, there is provided two rows of recesses 15 and 16 adapted to receive pegs, and which are bordered by the printed legends to indicate certain features of` the play which would occur in the game as played on the field. Adjacent to,'and parallel with, said rows 15 and 16 of recesses'are further rows 17 and 18 of similar recesses, also adapted to receiveV pegs and by means of which count is kept of the results of a game. n The facsimile of a baseball diamond, such as is found on the baseball field, is preferably represented on the outer or upper face of the head 2, and thisI preferably isI intersected by the longitudinal slot through which a part of the cylinder surface is visible. Between the said slot and the diametrically opposite portion of the periphery Vof said head, at.

which the rows of recesses 15, 16 and 17 appear, there are further parallel rows of similar recesses 19,4and what may be termed the representation of a score card 2O having a plurality of spaces for the writing in pencil, or by other erasable means, the score of theV game.

Mounted on the cylinder there is a printed strip of paper having four rows of words and iiguresrespectively, printed thereon' indicative of occurrences in the game by means of which, as the cylinder is rotated and comes to a stop, the score is made up and kept, the details of the particular manner of playing the game being deemed unneces- 1 sary of particular description. The game is played by opposing parties each ofvwhom is privileged to rotate the cylinder throughout a period of time called an inning and until three Vimaginary players have been put outl whereupon the other party has an j inningg the scores ofthe respective parties; being made up and kept in substantially the same way as regular baseball scores. by the means provided on the head 2 above described.Y

We jclaim'as our invention: 1. A game device for the purpose specified including a'hollow casing open at its lower f end and having a Vslot in its top wall, a cyl- Y the latter bordered by printedlegends adapt- 'ed to 'be read in conjunction with those on the cylindenthere being a plurality of re- .cesses m one end of the cylinder, and a ing with the sets of legends on the cylinder.

2. A game device for the purpose specified including a hollow casing open at its lower end and having a slot in its top wall, a cylinder bearing printed legends rotatable ou its in said housing and projecting at its uppermost portion through said slot. a knurled annular flange at one end o' said cylinder for digitally rotating the same projecting through an extension of said slot. the latter bordered by printed legends adapted to be read in conjunction with thosf.l on the cylinder, and coaeting means on the cylinder and housing for resisting free rotation of the former and causing it to stop in such position that sets of legends thereon will register with sets of legends bordering the said slot.

3. A game device for the purpose set forth including a hollow casing open at its lower end and provided in its upper wall with a slot, there being legends bordering said slots` and there being a plurality of sets of recesses in said upper wall adapted to receive pegs and bordered by printed legends for the purpose set forth, a horizontally disposed cylinder rotatable on its own axis within said casing and having its uppermost surface portion projecting through said slot, means on said cylinder adapted to be digitally engaged to effect forced rotation thereof. there being a plurality of sets of printed legends on the circumferential face of said cylinder adapted to register and be read in connection with the legends bordering said slot, and coacting means on the cylinder and easing for resisting free rotation of said cylinder and effecting stoppage thereof in positions wherein the printed legends thereon will register with those bordering said slot.

Signed at city of Chicago, State of Illinois, this 14th day of January, 1920.

MICHAEL M. KAUFMANN. JOHN r. LYNN,

lVitness M. M. Bom.

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